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... Gallons- Skins for Cattle -- Origin of Masdeu - From Port Vendres to Bordeaux PAGE 354 CHAPTER X. PARIS , BERCY . Great Dépôt for Wines - Large Cellars at Bercy - Entrepôt des Vins -Octroi and Charges in Paris - Counting - houses at ...
... Gallons- Skins for Cattle -- Origin of Masdeu - From Port Vendres to Bordeaux PAGE 354 CHAPTER X. PARIS , BERCY . Great Dépôt for Wines - Large Cellars at Bercy - Entrepôt des Vins -Octroi and Charges in Paris - Counting - houses at ...
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... gallons in figures . All these were for the Excise , whose office was on Tower Hill ; and as there was only one collector through whom all had to pass , it may be imagined how tired we poor clerks often were of waiting our turn . For ...
... gallons in figures . All these were for the Excise , whose office was on Tower Hill ; and as there was only one collector through whom all had to pass , it may be imagined how tired we poor clerks often were of waiting our turn . For ...
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... gallons in the tun , gave the rates per old gallon . Part was paid to the Excise , and the re- mainder to the Customs . The whole , upon Port , Sherry , Cape , & c . , was 7/7 , of which the Excise received 4/2 , and the Customs 3/5 ...
... gallons in the tun , gave the rates per old gallon . Part was paid to the Excise , and the re- mainder to the Customs . The whole , upon Port , Sherry , Cape , & c . , was 7/7 , of which the Excise received 4/2 , and the Customs 3/5 ...
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... gallons ) , cellars might be thus legally emptied ; and as permits were often not drawn for sales to private customers , credits with the Excise were thus gained , and permits frequently given to oblige dealers who had received wine ...
... gallons ) , cellars might be thus legally emptied ; and as permits were often not drawn for sales to private customers , credits with the Excise were thus gained , and permits frequently given to oblige dealers who had received wine ...
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... the merchant's cart , they must pay all damage . They are not , however , responsible for any deficiency which does not exceed one gallon per cask per annum , it being considered that this may arise from natural evaporation and leakage ;
... the merchant's cart , they must pay all damage . They are not , however , responsible for any deficiency which does not exceed one gallon per cask per annum , it being considered that this may arise from natural evaporation and leakage ;
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